Mavericks surf break

Mavericks surfForecast / CAL – San Mateo / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 PDT
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Mavericks surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mavericks sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Mavericks today?

The current surf forecast for Mavericks at 9PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Mavericks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)99910101010101010101091515151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)398531924625586455353281240218314175164112106104104104103102100969595
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
ENE
0
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onoffglassononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
1.76
11:43AM
1.41
11:06PM
1.84
12:40PM
1.37
11:43PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
0.35
5:11AM
-0.20
5:02PM
0.48
5:56AM
-0.34
5:43PM
0.61
6:44AM
-0.42
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:31-------6:31-------6:30-
Sunset-7:45-------7:45-------7:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141412131413131618141111111011151615121212121314
Feels °C (?)776997810121078889141412101111111111
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